Cognitive Heuristic

Availability Heuristic and Illusory Correlation Name Professor School Course Date Cognitive heuristics explain how people fail to make rational and normal decisions based on how they perceive past or present information. Availability heuristics refers to a technique of using information that pops into our minds to make future decisions (Pachur et al, 2012). For instance, I always have the fear of boarding and flying on a plane, because of the numerous stories of plane crashes. In the availability heuristic, the probability